Management and myths : challenging business fads, fallacies and fashions / Adrian Furnham.

ISBN:

9781403922045

Title:

Author:

Furnham, Adrian.

Personal Author:

Furnham, Adrian.

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Physical Description:

ix, 172 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject Term:

Management.

Organizational behaviour

Format:

Books

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol051/2003067791.html
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Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol056/2003067791.html

Publication Date:

2004

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

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This book takes a very critical look at management fads and fashions and shows that many do not stand up to scrutiny. It is believed for example that coaching is successful. What is the evidence for this? Selection procedures at interviews result in the right candidate being selected. Again what is the evidence? The author shows that many fads and fashions in management are short lived and based upon flimsy evidence, yet enjoy a period of support. His book will be an important tool for managers who want to understand the substance and rigour or lack of it associated with modern management ideas and concepts.

Author Notes

ADRIAN FURNHAM is Professor of Psychology at University College London. He is on the Editorial Board of a number of Journals and has received many awards and was recognized as the most productive psychologist in the world from 1980-1989. He is the author of more than 35 books, many of which have been translated into a number of languages, and including successful popular management books. He also acts as a consultant to a number of bodies including H.M. Government, the Atomic Energy Authority, Channel 4, BP and a number of multinational corporations.

Introduction

Fads in Management

Fallacies in Management

Fashions in Management

Accidents at Work

Acquiring People Skills

Addicted to Consultants

Barnum in Business

Behalfers

Bullying Boss

Business Books

Cash-rich, Time-poor

Conference Stress

Continuous Stress

Continuous Assessment

Control Freak

Delivering Bad News

Development Plans

Dissimulation at Interviews

Does Coaching Work?

Emotional Labor

Expectations and How to Meaure Them

Expensive Experts

Failing in Business

Fixers and Inventors

Fudging the Happy Sheets

Gangs, Cults, and Terrorist Organizations

How to Choose Consultants

Hypocritical Management Speak

Icebreakers

Integrity

Intrinsic Motivation

Judging Intelligence

Kickin' Arse

Knowledge College Management

Larks and Owls

Lumpers and Splitters

Lying in Interviews

Management Apologetics

Management Literacy

Management Tips

Marketing Hubirs and Humility

Money Secrecy

M Word

Nomadic Workers

Optimism

Personality Testing

Problems of the Board

Psychology in Business

Psychology of Hoarding

Selection Mistakes

Selling Cost Saving Devices

Sociobiology and Inheritance Tax

Support Groups for CEOs

Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks

Telling Clients What They Want to Hear

The Icarus Syndrome

To do a PhD

Typical Management Style

Unlocking Talent

Visitors from Headquarters

What Makes a Good Business Conference?

Wisdom in Business

Work-Life Balance

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